To the Editor: No fair-minded human being who is not visually impaired could reasonably disagree with the verdict of "guilty" for former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. The 9-minute, 29-second video speaks for itself, and the eyewitness testimony, police-training testimony, and medical-expert testimony all reinforced the criminality and causation in Floyd's death.
The hero in this case is Darnella Frazier, who took the video. Her public service, witnessed not only in the USA but all around the world, will have a positive and hopefully lasting effect on policing in our nation. I just hope the lessons will be better selection of police candidates, continued breaking of the "blue wall of silence" for police misconduct, better police training and the continued emphasis on the public-service part of policing.
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